Dr. M. Mohapatra, Director General of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), attended the National Conference on Climate Change: “Crossroads – One Health, Biodiversity, Agriculture, Extreme Weather and Animal Sciences” held at Patna on 30th September 2026.

An engaging conversation on the future of AI-powered weather forecasting, the complexities of predicting the Indian monsoon, and how India can leverage its extensive climate and rainfall data to advance weather prediction, with experts including Prof. Tapio Schneider (Caltech), Anjali Bansal (Avaana Capital), Prof. William Boos (UC Berkeley), and Prof. Gautam Menon (Ashoka University) at the ‘Future of Climate: AI, Science and Society’ panel discussion, organised by The Safexpress Centre for Data, Learning and Decision Sciences, a part of, Vachani School of Advanced Computing at Ashoka University

An engaging conversation on the future of AI-powered weather forecasting, the complexities of predicting the Indian monsoon, and how India can leverage its extensive climate and rainfall data to advance weather prediction, with experts including Prof. Tapio Schneider (Caltech), Anjali Bansal (Avaana Capital), Prof. William Boos (UC Berkeley), and Prof. Gautam Menon (Ashoka University) at the ‘Future of Climate: AI, Science and Society’ panel discussion, organised by The Safexpress Centre for Data, Learning and Decision Sciences, a part of, Vachani School of Advanced Computing at Ashoka University

DGM attended the Panel discussion at Ashoka University

Parliamentary Committee meeting held at Ranchi

Parliamentary Committee meeting held at Ranchi

Dr. M. Mohapatra, Director General, IMD, welcomed the delegation. Discussions focused on strengthening cooperation in disaster preparedness, weather and climate services.

A delegation led by H.E. Mr. Oleg Korobchenko, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation, visited the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on 10 Sep 2026.

Philip Cooper Evans, DG EUMETSAT, along with the EUMETSAT delegation comprising Anne Doris Taube, Bojan Rumen Bojkov, Sean Dominic Burns, and Paul Albert G Counet, visited the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today, the 02 nd September 2026.